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Volcano Erupts Near Iceland’s Capital After 6,000 Years of Being Dormant – Watch Spectacular Video and Images

Just when you believe everything is fine, nature can unleash its dormant wrath and remind us all how rapidly things can become awful. The volcano from the Fagradals Mountain in southwest Iceland erupted on Friday night after six millennia of…

March 21, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Powerful Earthquake Shakes Northeastern Japan: Watch Footage of People Remaining Helpless

A powerful earthquake jolted the coast of northeastern Japan on Saturday evening at 6:09 pm. The terror of Japanese people was captured on video, showing once again how fragile we all are in the face of nature’s wrath. The Japan…

March 21, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

How Life Began on Earth: Researchers Make Significant Step Forward

Science has uncovered a lot of mysteries about life, but so far, it missed the most important part: how did it all begin in the first place? Life is so insanely complex that nobody has ever been able to create…

March 20, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Mothers From a Certain Category Are at Higher Risk of Premature Death

Becoming a mother is certainly one of the most wonderful things in the world, but a new study from the University of York and Martin House Research Centre brings concerning news for some of the women who gave birth. There…

March 19, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

NASA Reveals How It Sounds Like to Drive on Mars (Literally Speaking)

NASA’s Perseverance rover arrived on the Jezero Crater from Mars in mid-February, and it already brought back exciting data. The final goal is to look for signs of microbial life, but as it usually goes in astronomy, unexpected situations will…

March 19, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Closer to Defeating COVID-19: A Drug That Exists in Everyone’s Drawer Could Save Us From Severe Illness

A team of researchers from George Washington University grants new hope for those fearing severe illness and even death caused by the COVID-19 disease. Their study claims that a widespread drug could help protect our lungs in the face of…

March 18, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Top Vaccine Manufacturer Aims to Vaccinate More Children for COVID-19 – Closer to Herd Immunity?

According to Bloomberg, over 400 million vaccine shots for COVID-19 were given across the planet. Over 110 million jabs were administered in the US, meaning almost a third of the country’s population. The vast majority of the vaccines were given to…

March 18, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Encounters a Dust Devil on Mars

Back in February, each of these three countries landed a rover on Mars: the USA, the UAE, and China. Astronomers learn more about our neighbouring planet year by year, and there’s no telling when they will stop. Any data gathered…

March 17, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Mind-Boggling New Scientific Theory: Mars Is Filled With Water

For many decades, astronomers and astrophysicists had been trying to find out if there is water on Mars. Our neighbouring planet has too many characteristics similar to Earth. Both planets are solid; they’re placed in the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of the…

March 17, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

This Zoo Vaccinates Apes for COVID-19

Many experts feared that not only humans could be affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. They have one more reason to worry, as eight gorillas from a safari park tested positive for the coronavirus. The news comes from NPR.com, which also reveals…

March 17, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The International Space Station Throws its Most Massive Object Ever to Remain in Orbit as Space Junk

Many scientists are worried about the huge amount of space debris that’s trapped in the Earth’s orbit. In some cases, waste material even has the potential of jeopardizing the possibility for astronomers to detect space objects through their powerful telescopes.…

March 17, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

A Supermassive Black Hole Defies Expectations by ‘Gliding’ Through Space

Many scientists believe that black holes are the most mysterious and intriguing phenomenons from the Universe. Although astrophysicists have learned a lot over the decades about these dark cosmic monsters, a new discovery proves to us once again that there’s…

March 16, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Six Earthquakes Occurring Over a Span of Two Days Are Shaking an American City

Wichita is a city located in south-central Kansas that reported a population of a bit over 389,000 people in 2019. The east part of the city has been dealing with a phenomenon that you don’t see happening every day: on…

March 16, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Sweden Joins the List of Countries That Suspend Specific COVID-19 Vaccine

Concerns about serious side effects that some people had to deal with led to important European countries pausing COVID-19 vaccinations with a specific drug. France, Italy, Spain, and Germany are among the latest countries that suspended the COVID-19 vaccination with…

March 16, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Russia’s New Underwater Space Telescope Has Great Plans for the Future

Although neutrinos are the smallest particles known, that doesn’t mean that scientists cannot detect them. Russian scientists have deployed a new fancy tool to uncover the secrets of the micro-universe: an underwater space telescope from Lake Baikal. France24.com brought the exciting…

March 14, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

South-Central Kansas Goes Through Three Earthquakes in a Row

Things continue to be pretty tumultuous in the USA, and even literally sometimes. As the Geological Survey from the country reports, three earthquakes in a row jolted the south-central part of Kansas on Sunday morning. The strongest of the three…

March 14, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Greenland Rocks Show Traces of Ancient Magma Ocean

If you needed more proof that our planet was once like a vision of Hell similar to Venus, you must know that a new study reveals evidence of an ancient magma ocean. Paradoxically or not, the evidence comes from southern…

March 14, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Closer to Defeating Alzheimer’s Disease: New Drug Shows Good Early Results

What else could possibly be worse than losing your mind, including your memory and ability to understand your position in space and time? Alzheimer’s disease does just that, and it sometimes leads to the patient’s death. The horrible degenerative brain…

March 14, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The Hubble Telescope is Back in Business After Software Issue

Although it has a history of over 30 years and it’s approaching its replacement by the James Webb Space Telescope, the good ol’ Hubble operated by NASA and ESA still proves that it has what it takes to be very…

March 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Russia and China Join Forces for a Future Moon Mission

The Moon continues to be one of the main attraction points for astronomers, and not only because of NASA’s Artemis mission that implies returning astronauts to our natural satellite. A lunar research station known as the International Scientific Lunar Station…

March 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Zookeeper Suffers Cheetah Attack

The cheetah holds the title of the fastest animal in the world, reaching speeds of 112 kilometers per hour. These big cats can accelerate to 109 kilometers per hour in just three seconds. Therefore, staying as away as possible from…

March 12, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Hubble Finds Clues of Earth-Sized Exoplanet Losing Its Atmosphere

Scientists estimate that our galaxy must be teeming with Earth-sized and rocky exoplanets, which means that there’s also a chance for some of them to be habitable. There are many more factors that can make a planet capable of hosting…

March 12, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Americans Are Astonished by Huge Piles of Dead Fish From Ponds and Lagoons

Many Americans face apocalyptic scenarios once again, and this time, it’s not about COVID nor wildfires. Significant amounts of dead fish were seen in ponds and lagoons, as the Park District officials and the freshwater biologists declared. BlockClubChicago.org wrote about…

March 10, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

A Lake From Earth Could Indicate the Existence of Life on Mars

For decades, astronomers have sent rovers to Mars to look for signs of extraterrestrial life. It all started in 1997 with the US spacecraft Mars Pathfinder that landed a base station along with a roving probe on the Red Planet.…

March 10, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

World Premiere: Scientists Detect Tectonic Activity on Another Planet

You may not have heard about the exoplanet LHS 3844b, and not just because we live in an insanely huge Universe that defies human comprehension. But don’t worry, astronomers also didn’t hear about LHS 3844b until about two years ago…

March 10, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

An American State Makes COVID Vaccines Available For All Adults

Although the number of COVID-19 infections in the US is facing a significant decline in the last few weeks, the authorities still aim to vaccinate as many people as possible. Over 93.7 million vaccines for the coronavirus were administered in…

March 10, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Scientists Discovered the Best Time and Place for Life to Emerge in the Milky Way

People often believe that our planet represents the best place from the Universe, despite its countless political and economic issues. But a new study claims otherwise, and it adds new support to the idea that we’re all here and at…

March 8, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

How Women Will Send Humanity Back to the Moon

With every day that passes, humanity is approaching its return to the Moon. NASA will be in charge of sending a man and a woman to our natural satellite’s surface by 2024 during the Artemis program, with the mission to…

March 8, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

When Will Our Planet Run Out of Oxygen

One day, the entire human race will be history if it doesn’t find a way to move to another planet. About 5 billion years from now, the Sun will expand so much that it will unleash its devastating heat upon…

March 8, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

How to Help an Ageing Brain

Losing your credit card or glasses too often becomes a reality as you get older, and it can even represent only the beginning, unfortunately. The good news is that there are certain measures you can take to delay or even…

March 7, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Watch Footage of NASA’s Perseverance Rover Making Its First Maneuvers on Mars

Day by day, NASA seems to be getting better at uncovering the secrets of Mars. The Perseverance rover will provide a lot of help for such an ambitious quest, having the main goal of finding traces of microbial life on…

March 6, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

How Harmful Is Wildfire Smoke Compared to Car Exhaust: New Study Sheds Light

Tens of millions of Americans had to deal with wildfire smoke in 2020, and entire cities were affected. The apocalyptic scenarios will remain forever in the history of the USA, unfortunately. Only in Oregon, about 500,000 people were under evacuation…

March 6, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Finally Uncover the Reason Behind Betelgeuse’s Dimming

Stars can be pretty much like people: once dominant and imposing, but suddenly they can lose everything. Betelgeuse qualifies for the description pretty well – the red supergiant star has started to dim after it was easily among the top…

March 6, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0